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Your weekly staff newsletter
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4 March 2024
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New look for planned eye surgery
A new hub for planned eye surgery at Edgware Community Hospital will see an additional 3,000 procedures carried out every year across the sector, reducing waiting times for some patients who need sight-saving operations.
The hub, run by the Royal Free London, primarily provides treatment for adults who have common, low complexity conditions such as cataracts. It brings together some eye procedures that were carried out by our clinicians at Chase Farm Hospital, the Royal Free Hospital, and Whittington Health NHS Trust.
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 All staff NHSmail accounts will have multi-factor authentication (MFA) enabled by the access management team between Thursday 29 February and Monday 11 March.
This will not affect staff who have already set up MFA on their account. Once MFA is enabled, staff will be prompted to set up an additional level of authentication beyond entering a password when signing into their NHS email account.
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Empowering patients with renal education session
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The renal team at the Royal Free Hospital (RFH) held an in-person patient education session last week, providing patients and their families with an opportunity to meet the teams involved in their care and learn more about the various options available to them.
The event was attended by patients with advanced chronic kidney disease who use services at the RFH, the St Pancras Kidney and Diabetes Centre (Mary Rankin unit) and Edgware Community Hospital.
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Improving patient safety across our hospitals
To improve the way we respond to patient safety incidents, the trust has introduced NHS England’s new Patient Safety Incident Response Framework (PSIRF) today, Monday 4 March.
PSIRF sets a new direction for how NHS organisations respond to patient safety incidents, focusing on understanding how incidents happen and allowing for more effective learning, and ultimately safer care for patients.
Staff thanked at chief executives' briefing
RFL chief executive Peter Landstrom thanked staff for their amazing efforts during the recent junior doctors’ strike, at last week’s chief executives’ briefing.
Peter said: “I am really proud of how everyone at the Royal Free London responds to each period of industrial action, and I am very grateful to you all for rising to the challenge time and time again to keep our patients safe and our organisation running.”
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Medicine for Members – MSK stars shine bright
Our specialist musculoskeletal (MSK) physiotherapy teams showcased their life changing work at our latest Medicine for Members’ event, ‘MSK matters – supporting patient health and wellbeing’.
Hosted by our governors, Medicine for Members' events showcase topics which are important to staff, patients, and the local community.
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RFL to introduce digital patient flow innovation
A new digital patient flow tool, which will help staff see vital information in real time about all the patients in their care, is being introduced at the RFL this summer.
Ward staff, junior doctors, housekeepers and porters are among a whole range of clinical, operational and administrative teams who will be able to use the new module in our electronic patient record, called Capacity Management (CapMan).
Look at the Freenet pages which provide staff with more information, support available for teams, as well as upcoming training sessions to familiarise staff with the new system.
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There is still time to share your views on how and where maternity, neonatal and children’s surgical services are delivered across north central London.
Staff feedback sessions are also taking place at BH, RFH and Edgware Community Hospital in early March – click on the button below for details.
If you would like any consultation materials such as leaflets, posters or questionnaires please contact rf.communications@nhs.net. The consultation closes on Sunday 17 March.
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Join the next Greener RFL sustainability network meeting
There will be updates about the trust's efforts in waste reduction, and energy and decarbonisation. The meeting takes place on Monday 4 March, from 1 to 2pm.
Come along to our international women's day celebration event
Mehvish Shaffi-Ajibola, CEO of Socially Inspired will speak about social mindfulness, while colleagues from Transformation Partners in Health and Care will share their journey on inclusion in maternity. Join us on Friday 8 March from 12 to 1pm.
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Access support
Take a look at our health and wellbeing Freenet page and find out more about support for staff. Visit the financial wellbeing Freenet page for guidance on the cost of living and a range of support available to you.
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The deadline for submitting content for Freemail is midday on Thursdays.
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